I broght home a tray of organically grown salad greens from Earthganic Greenhouse today. They sell the 1'x2' tray of salad greens for $15. All proceeds from the greenhouse go to support the operation of Crossroads Shelter, a non-profit organization that provides emergency shelter and services to the homeless in Southwest Virginia. I love it that I'm buying locally, eating healthier AND supporting an agency that provides shelter and services to the homeless. It's good for me, good for my community and good for the planet. That's awesome in my book!
The salad greens are beautiful! The plants are healthy and are a variety of shades of green with a bit of red in some of the varieties. According to the instructions, to maintain it I just need to water (actually "mist well") every 2 or 3 days and keep the plants in a sunny yet cool location.
I can begin harvesting (and eating) any time now. To harvest, I will just use a pair of kitchen scissors to snip off the upper part of the leaves, about 1/2" above the soil, leaving the roots and part of the lettuce stalk to grow out again! He said I will get 3 to 5 harvests out of the tray. The greenhouse manager said that about 1/3 of the tray equals a serving. I think that 1/3 of the tray will be enough salad for two people...but I will wait until I'm actually harvesting to see. After about the 5th harvest, I can return the tray and the soil to Earthganic Greenhouse and for just $8 they will re-seed and germinate so that in 21 days I will be able to start all over again. WOW! That's quite a deal!
I've pinched off a couple of leaves and tasted them. They're really good and I'm very excited about having a salad--but I'll wait until tomorrow.
The salad greens are beautiful! The plants are healthy and are a variety of shades of green with a bit of red in some of the varieties. According to the instructions, to maintain it I just need to water (actually "mist well") every 2 or 3 days and keep the plants in a sunny yet cool location.
I can begin harvesting (and eating) any time now. To harvest, I will just use a pair of kitchen scissors to snip off the upper part of the leaves, about 1/2" above the soil, leaving the roots and part of the lettuce stalk to grow out again! He said I will get 3 to 5 harvests out of the tray. The greenhouse manager said that about 1/3 of the tray equals a serving. I think that 1/3 of the tray will be enough salad for two people...but I will wait until I'm actually harvesting to see. After about the 5th harvest, I can return the tray and the soil to Earthganic Greenhouse and for just $8 they will re-seed and germinate so that in 21 days I will be able to start all over again. WOW! That's quite a deal!
I've pinched off a couple of leaves and tasted them. They're really good and I'm very excited about having a salad--but I'll wait until tomorrow.
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